Static cam control of data tape transfer
AssigneeQuantum Corporation
InventorsRobert Fairchild, Kurt Buckland
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Abstract
Storage systems for use with data storage devices (including cartridges) may include a track connecting a plurality storage libraries and a transporter for transferring a cartridge within and between the storage libraries. The track may comprise a cam pathway, and the transporter may comprise a shuttle for holding a cartridge and a cam follower for following the cam pathway. Thus, as the transporter is moved along the track, the position of the transporter's shuttle may correspond to the position of the cam follower as it follows the cam pathway. Methods of transporting a storage device from a first storage library to a second storage library are also described.
Claims20
A storage device transport system for transporting a storage device, the system comprising:
- a transporter for transporting a storage device, wherein the transporter comprises:
- a shuttle for holding a storage device;
- a carrier platform, wherein the shuttle is moveably connected to the carrier platform so that the shuttle may move with respect to the carrier platform;
- and
- a cam follower for following a cam pathway,
- wherein the cam follower is configured to move the shuttle with respect to the carrier platform.
A storage device transport system for transporting a storage device, the system comprising:
- a track extending longitudinally, wherein the track includes a cam pathway that extends longitudinally and laterally along the track;
- a transporter for transporting a storage device, wherein the transporter comprises:
- a shuttle for holding a storage device;
- a carrier platform, wherein the shuttle is moveably connected to the carrier platform;
- a cam follower for following the cam pathway;
- and
- a driver for moving the transporter longitudinally along the track,
- wherein the position of the shuttle corresponds to the position of the cam follower following the cam pathway as the transporter is moved longitudinally along the track so that the carrier platform moves in the longitudinal direction of the track and the shuttle moves both longitudinally and laterally.
A track for connecting a first storage library and a second storage library, wherein the track extends longitudinally and comprises:
- a cam pathway extending longitudinally and laterally along the track.
A transporter for transporting a storage device, wherein the transporter comprises:
- a shuttle for holding a storage device;
- a carrier platform configured to move longitudinally, wherein the shuttle is moveably connected to the carrier platform so that the shuttle may move with respect to the carrier platform;
- and
- a cam follower for following a cam pathway,
- wherein the cam follower moves the shuttle with respect to the carrier platform as the carrier platform moves longitudinally.
A method of transporting a storage device from a first storage library to a second storage library, the method comprising:
- moving a transporter holding a storage device, the transporter comprising:
- a shuttle;
- and
- a cam follower for following a cam pathway,
- wherein the cam follower follows a cam pathway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.